"This is really one which I think was breathtaking in its surprise, " Chertoff said.
Mr. CHERTOFF: I wish we could have rapid execution of tasks within 24 hours.
Chertoff said an individual or small group planning to do harm is difficult to detect.
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Chertoff said Tuesday that he hadn't waited for the paperwork to be signed before staging assistance.
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In an interview Tuesday, Chertoff said President Bush is not offering amnesty to illegal immigrants.
So I've asked Chertoff to find out what are you going to do with them?
Chertoff promised a different federal reaction from the one in New Orleans in 2005.
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"This is not a game of chicken with Mother Nature, " Chertoff told reporters Thursday in Washington.
Michael Chertoff, US Director of Homeland Security, said the scheme was "suggestive of an al-Qaeda plot".
Secretary Chertoff is to be lauded for his desire to fight the ideologies of terror.
The following article by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff appeared in Sunday's Washington Post.
Michael Chertoff , a federal appeals-court judge, was nominated as the next secretary for homeland security.
At separate hearings, lawmakers sparred with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Chertoff appeared yesterday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which is also investigating the government's hurricane response.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Friday urged residents to leave in advance of the latest storm.
Chertoff told ABC's This Week, the flexibility of British law helped the investigation into this alleged plot.
And I don't think anything that Frances Townsend or Mike Chertoff are proposing is going to fix that.
And Michael Chertoff has the albatross around his neck of the way DHS handled the Katrina relief program.
New Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff says he wants to change that, but whether he'll succeed remains to be seen.
Another 20, 000 members of the National Guard are ready to respond if there is an emergency, according to Chertoff.
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Chertoff also said the National Guard will not be involved in arresting people who have entered the country illegally.
Mr. CHERTOFF: If I'd known then what I know now about Mr. Brown's agenda, I would've done something differently.
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Mr. MICHAEL CHERTOFF (United States Homeland Security Secretary): We were acutely aware of Katrina and the risk it posed.
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And it faults Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff for not acting more aggressively.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is scheduled to testify before the committee Wednesday.
Mr. MICHAEL CHERTOFF (Secretary of Homeland Security): The largest single worksite enforcement operation against a company in American history.
"That 'perfect storm' of a combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody's foresight, " Chertoff said.
Michael Chertoff, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, is thought to have a reasonable shot at the post.
This morning everyone seemed - my sources seemed absolutely sure that Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff was going to get it.
Michael Chertoff, who served as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security under the Bush administration, urged caution in apportioning blame.
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